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Better data for teachers, better data for learners, better patient care: college-wide assessment at Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine

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dc.creator Aron C. Sousa
dc.creator Dianne P. Wagner
dc.creator Rebecca C. Henry
dc.creator Brian E. Mavis
dc.date 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-20T22:20:16Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-20T22:20:16Z
dc.identifier 10.3402/meo.v16i0.5926
dc.identifier 1087-2981
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/bc42828410fe4195aba519527d0f508f
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/20047
dc.description When our school organized the curriculum around a core set of medical student competencies in 2004, it was clear that more numerous and more varied student assessments were needed. To oversee a systematic approach to the assessment of medical student competencies, the Office of College-wide Assessment was established, led by the Associate Dean of College-wide Assessment. The mission of the Office is to ‘facilitate the development of a seamless assessment system that drives a nimble, competency-based curriculum across the spectrum of our educational enterprise.’ The Associate Dean coordinates educational initiatives, developing partnerships to solve common problems, and enhancing synergy within the College. The Office also works to establish data collection and feedback loops to guide rational intervention and continuous curricular improvement. Aside from feedback, implementing a systems approach to assessment provides a means for identifying performance gaps, promotes continuity from undergraduate medical education to practice, and offers a rationale for some assessments to be located outside of courses and clerkships. Assessment system design, data analysis, and feedback require leadership, a cooperative faculty team with medical education expertise, and institutional support. The guiding principle is ‘Better Data for Teachers, Better Data for Learners, Better Patient Care.’ Better data empowers faculty to become change agents, learners to create evidence-based improvement plans and increases accountability to our most important stakeholders, our patients.
dc.language English
dc.publisher Co-Action
dc.relation http://www.med-ed-online.net/index.php/meo/article/view/5926/pdf_59
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1087-2981
dc.rights CC BY
dc.source Medical Education Online, Vol 16, Iss 0, Pp 1-10 (2011)
dc.subject competencies
dc.subject assessment
dc.subject medical education
dc.subject outcomes
dc.subject systems
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Medicine (General)
dc.subject R5-920
dc.subject Medicine
dc.subject R
dc.subject DOAJ:Medicine (General)
dc.subject DOAJ:Health Sciences
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Medicine (General)
dc.subject R5-920
dc.subject Medicine
dc.subject R
dc.subject DOAJ:Medicine (General)
dc.subject DOAJ:Health Sciences
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Medicine (General)
dc.subject R5-920
dc.subject Medicine
dc.subject R
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Medicine (General)
dc.subject R5-920
dc.subject Medicine
dc.subject R
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Medicine (General)
dc.subject R5-920
dc.subject Medicine
dc.subject R
dc.title Better data for teachers, better data for learners, better patient care: college-wide assessment at Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine
dc.type article


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